Mindfulness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Please join the Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Association and the Spirituality and Health Institute for a lecture and reception with Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Please rsvp Mindfulness Student Lecture 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Reception 3:30 - 4:30
Mindfulness Lecture 4:30 - 6:00pm
All events will be held in the de Saisset Museum. Reservations are necessary as there is limited seating.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is Professor of Medicine, emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was founding executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in medicine, Health Care, and Society, (1995), and found (in 1979) and former director of its world-renown Stress Reduction Clinic. He is author of:
- Full Castastrophe Live: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face
- Stress Pain and Illness, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
- Everyday Blessing: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (co-authored with Myla Kabt-Zinn)
- Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
- Arriving At Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness
Dr. Kabat-Zinn’s work has contributed to a growing movement of mindfulness into mainstream institutions in our society such as medicine, and psychology, health care and hospitals, schools, corporations, prisons, and professional sports. He received the Art, Science, and Soul of Healing Award from the Institute for Health and Healing, California Pacific Medial Center in San Francisco (1998), the 2nd Annual Trailblazer Award for ‘pioneering work in the field of integrative medicine’ from the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, CA (2001), and a Pioneer in Integrative Medicine Award from the Bravewell Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine (2007)
